Amber Heard's friend alleges Johnny Depp 'tried to smother her with a pillow'

Since it was publicly announced last week that Amber Heard had been granted a restraining order requiring her husband, Johnny Depp, to stay more than 100 yards away from her, the speculation about what has gone on between the two during their relationship has been rife.

But now, making matters even more tense, a friend of Amber Heard's has claimed that Johnny attempted to smother her famous friend during a particularly violent incident last December.

In an exclusive interview with The New York Post, the unnamed friend recalled how, upon receiving a concerning text from Amber, she rushed to the couple's Los Angeles home to find her friend beaten up.

"I got to her apartment to find her with a cut and bruised lip, a swollen eye and a chunk of hair missing from the top of her head," the friend described.

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"This incident really stuck with me because she confided in me that day that she feared for her life after an intoxicated Johnny tried to suffocate her with a pillow."

And the note about Depp's intoxication certainly matches up with the statement Amber gave in court while getting the restraining order. While under sworn declaration, Heard described to a judge how her husband had an "exceptionally scary temper", and that he was frequently "paranoid due to substance abuse".

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These bold claims from Amber's friend come at unfortunate timing, as another unnamed source claims that an injury Johnny Dep sustained to his hand in March 2015 was because he punched a wall following a fight with Amber, according to Entertainment Tonight.

The 52-year-old actor was filming Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales at the time, and even had to fly back to the US to receive medical treatment and surgery. But up until now, no cause of the injury has been discussed.

While all this surrounding speculation has been flying back and forth from close friends of the respective parties, neither Johnny Depp nor Amber Heard have directly addressed the domestic abuse claims directly in public.